The Stars and the Moon are Holes in the Sky

A 40-something disillusioned novelist, Yazoe, haunted by a failed marriage and a crippling personal secret, navigates hollow affairs with a courtesan named Chieko while projecting his emotional void onto the protagonists of his love novels—until an accidental encounter with a naive college student, Noriko Seyawa, unravels his guarded solitude, forcing him to confront his fear of intimacy and the buried trauma shaping his twisted philosophy on love.

Director: Haruhiko Arai

Cast: Go Ayano, Sakuya, Rena Tanaka, Tasuku Emoto, Junko Miyashita, Akari Misaki, MINAMO, Kazuo Hara

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